laborers
laborers — noun
- laborerssingular
- laborersesplural
1. people who earn their living by doing physical work that requires strength and e
people who earn their living by doing physical work that requires strength and endurance rather than specialized training or education — for example, workers on building sites, farms, or in factories who dig, lift, carry, or operate simple tools.
Javier was one of twelve laborers who poured concrete for the new school foundation.
countable: a laborer / twelve laborers
The fruit farm hired thirty seasonal laborers to pick peaches during the summer harvest.
collocation: seasonal laborers
A group of laborers cleared the rubble from the collapsed warehouse in just two days.
Many laborers in the city work on short-term contracts without health insurance.
The road crew consisted of eight laborers and two machine operators with excavators.
- workers
broader term — includes any employed person, not only those doing physical tasks
- manual workers
more formal and descriptive; emphasizes physical rather than intellectual work
- handymen
implies skill at a variety of small repairs rather than heavy physical labor
- employees
focuses on the employer-employee relationship; does not specify the type of work
- professionals
people in jobs requiring advanced education (doctors, lawyers, engineers)
- employers
people who hire and pay laborers rather than doing the physical work themselves
文法句型
laborers + verb (plural)
quantifier + laborers
用法筆記
Frequently modified by a noun describing the type of work (construction laborers, farm laborers, factory laborers). The singular 'laborer' is also common; the plural is often used to describe a group of workers as a category.